Major media shake-ups

On March 14, The Boston Phoenix announced it was closing after 47 years as Boston’s beloved alternative publication. As an era ends for one Boston media company, we looked back at some other major media shake-ups, including those that hit a little too close to home.

On Feb. 26, 2013, two months after emerging from bankruptcy, the Tribune Company said it had hired JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Evercore Partners to help it sell its newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune (pictured).
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WTKK shifts gears

Late last year, WTKK-FM announced it would undergo a significant makeover by abandoning its talk-radio format and relaunching itself as a Power 96.9, a hip-hop and contemporary music station. The change officially took effect in early January. Former WTKK personalities Jim Braude and Margery Eagan found a new home on WGBH’s “Boston Public Radio.”
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